Migrants from Syria and Afghanistan have terrified holidaymakers in the Greek island of Kos

The Greek island of Kos is a popular tourist destination for British holidaymakers because of its package deals of cheap hotels. But, boat people from Syria and Afghanistan have encroached in the location and have left the tourists terrified.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 28 May 2015.

The tourists feel the invasion of these migrants have turned the Greek island into a 'disgusting' hellhole. Families had come to enjoy the summer sun, relax on sun loungers on the beach but their privacy has been shattered by the migrants who have set up camps and sleep on cardboard boxes with rubbish strewn everywhere.
The tourists are terrified as the penniless migrants, who have arrived in Greece to claim asylum, occupy positions outside their restaurant and watch them eat.
The migrants who have landed from countries like Afghanistan and Syria have taken shelter under arcades on the seafront in Kos town till such time they receive security clearance for onward travel to mainland Greece. Nearly 6,000 migrants have landed on the Dodecanese island of Kos in the past two months.
Those who possess smart phones and credit cards are staying in local hotels for 10-15 euros a night - while the rest are camped out on the harbor side and at a derelict hotel on the edge of Kos town. The straggly ones get down from the boats and walk straight through the town with backpacks on to join friends and register for their travel permits at the police station.
(Image wikimediacommons.org)


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